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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 6:24pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
forgiveness: I will have a look not sure if l did it on my phone or laptop. A quick look and l came across this from CAN which was generated by thier own analysts for the AFCON not the myriad of other football analysts on line. 2 Likes
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 6:28pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
Odunayaw: I said weeks from my understanding within 3/4 weeks. Are you saying that's untrue, impossible or you just looking to cause contention as usual. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Clint02(m): 6:29pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
The way I dey see Akpoguma so ehn,he no go waste time score he first goal for Nigeria. He sabi head corner kicks. 6 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Philosopher1979: 6:31pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
andrewbaba44: South american football is underrated. Its almost at par with Europe. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by IDENNAA(m): 6:31pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
komekn: What the crap? Ratings of what , exactly ? Do you think people here are stupidd or what ? You claimed Aina was our best defender at the nation's cup and when you get challenged to provide your proof you went and copied some incomplete information online that explains absolutely nothing! What is wrong with you , exactly? Is this some attention seeking technique or what ? Are you ok ? 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by komekn(m): 6:36pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
IDENNAA: Can you explain this nonsensical proposition in the context of examples like Drogba, Kanu, Okocha or you may consider that to be historical. What about Mane, Salah, Aubmeyang, Or should we go abroad to Italy with Koulibaly, Osimhen, Gervinho and if we talk the French league it's almost an African league. I am suprised there has not been protest in France that white players are being discriminated against in favour of African players. Finally Awaziem is where he is because he poor quality EOD. Or does Osimhen most expensive transfer it seems this year in the World have two heads and was born in Milan and is Italian. How you reason, Eéeeeeee get as e be. 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by andrewbaba44: 6:40pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
Philosopher1979: It’s at par River plate ,boca Júnior ,Santos and co will make a wembley ,camp nou stadium looking like a champions league final |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Danielnino00(m): 6:42pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
komekn: Lol...who are u trying to fool? The heading says "full backs". 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Danielnino00(m): 6:45pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
andrewbaba44: South Americans are naturally more talented than Europeans, football wise...but Europe has better football infrastructure... So to some extent,they aren't really on par.. 2 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by andrewbaba44: 6:49pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
Danielnino00: Okay agreed to some extent sha Na only the talent I been Dey reason sha |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Karlovich: 6:53pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
komekn:Ejaria and Lookman have filed for a switch and will join the team soon, Tega and Onyedinma are Crap in the here and now, Eze prefers England at the moment 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mostob(m): 7:07pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
komekn:What a comic relief! A whole komekn that does not know the meaning of FB statistics. How does this picture buttress your claim.? 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mostob(m): 7:08pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
Philosopher1979:On par? It is clearly the better of the two. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by IDENNAA(m): 7:13pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
komekn: For awhile I stopped exchanging words with you because your reasoning is very limited and you actually give me headache because it's very stressful to have a discussion with you. How many Nigerian players are currently playing at Sane and Salah level ? Why is it hard for you to do a little thinking and compose a sensible opinion ? Not every talented player is playing at a top club...are you dense or what ? You want to famz the same Osimhen whom you dragged through the mud on this thread with your groupies, eeh? How low can you go? I don't think self respect is important to you. Again , in your own words , "here and now" I will play Awaziem ahead of Ebuehi and if that upsets anyone jump of third mainland bridge and die! |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 7:28pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
tbaba1234: Where you not the one criticizing Alampasu when he was playing in the U23 for his club? |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by daveP(m): 7:28pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
IDENNAA: Mehn, warris dis piece you dropped now? ![]() Zaidu more adventurous. Unless that word lost meaning. So Moses...... Wait...you typed it and even berated his performance?? This is laughable 3 Likes |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by daveP(m): 7:30pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
komekn:Agreed!! Very true. No pace!! He was calmer tho. We need pace down that wing. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 7:32pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
andrewbaba44: Who will not make him play? |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Subzero047: 7:35pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
Danielnino00: He forgot to crop out the headings ![]() 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by IDENNAA(m): 7:46pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
daveP: what are you not understanding in my post ? I don't understand your comedy and confusion. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by owbabs: 7:46pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
Ndidi alone would not have made much difference vs Algeria and Tunisia. The combination of Ndidi, Aribo and Osimhen would have been a slight improvement. The team is just in poor form at the moment for various reasons. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Danielnino00(m): 7:57pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
Subzero047: Something his bestie would have done ![]() The ranking he posted self looks more like something CAF analysed before they released the final team of the tournament.. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 8:02pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
forgiveness: I said he did not deserve an invite because he was not even playing for the under 23 at the time. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 8:03pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
owbabs: Ndidi Aribo and Osimhen would have made a big improvement. The team suffered from lack of quality in the midfield and attack. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mank1234(m): 8:08pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
Rohr decision-making heaps pressure on Super Eagles ahead of Sierra Leone double-header The German coach made a number of puzzling choices that left more questions than answers ahead of November's Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers Tuesday night’s 1-1 draw with Tunisia drew the curtain on a deeply underwhelming international break for Nigeria and her fans. Kelechi Iheanacho’s first-half goal, his first for the national team for three years, seemed to presage a much-improved performance from the humbling defeat at the hands of Algeria four days earlier. However, by the end of the opening period, a penalty had been missed, and some all-too-familiar foibles had, once again, arisen. Even against a Tunisia side given to playing on the break, the Super Eagles were unable to assert themselves upon proceedings. Editors' Picks Who needs Aouar or Ozil? How Partey can help solve Arsenal’s creativity issue The 'perfect' No.9: Can Everton star Calvert-Lewin shoot down Klopp's Liverpool? Talent vs trophies: What matters more when analysing football greatness? £37m for an untested teenager? Why Man Utd paid big money for 'Messi-esque' Diallo When faced with the might of (a second-string) Algeria, it was somewhat palatable to be outplayed for periods of the game; Djamel Belmadi’s side are, after all, reigning African champions, and showed their depth and fortitude in holding Concacaf champions Mexico to a 2-2 draw despite being down a man for 40 minutes. To be so easily manacled by the Carthage Eagles is an altogether tougher pill to swallow. Some of that was to do with the withdrawals of Wilfred Ndidi, Joe Aribo and Oghenekaro Etebo thinning out the midfield pool. Aribo has enjoyed a strong start to life on the international stage, seeming especially to relish friendlies, and has brought much-needed dynamism to middle of the park; Ndidi and Etebo made up, almost in entirety, Gernot Rohr’s defensive midfield rota. So yes, there were mitigating factors. Joe Aribo, Wilfred Ndidi - Nigeria However, it was also Rohr’s call to eschew calling up proper replacements, especially when he had Ramon Azeez on the standby list. That directly played into Semi Ajayi, on whom the jury is still out in his natural position in central defence, deputising in front of the back four for these two matches. The inability of the West Bromwich Albion man to adapt to the demands of the role were apparent by how often he abdicated his post, and made the decision to discard Frank Onyeka, a natural in the position, even more difficult to understand. That really is the overwhelming theme from this international window: increasingly, it is difficult to understand Rohr’s decision-making process as far as selection goes. What was the rationale behind his decision to give Maduka Okoye two starts in the one position where clarity has been difficult to find? The Sparta Rotterdam goalkeeper was impressive on debut against Brazil in 2019, and looked assured in the Algeria defeat. Surely, Tunisia offered the optimum chance to blood either Matthew Yakubu – who had been earning rave reviews in traning – or former youth international Dele Alampasu. Maduka Okoye With Francis Uzoho still working his way back to fitness, and Daniel Akpeyi wildly fluctuating in terms of his output, surely deepening the pool by assessing another option in the second friendly should have been a priority. Remaining on the subject of odd decisions, how to compute Cyriel Dessers and Chidera Ejuke, two attackers who shone in the Eredivisie last season and earned moves on the back of their showings, receiving a paltry 30-minute window (combined) to stake their claims? The case of the former, in particular, is a proper head-scratcher; following Paul Onuachu’s fish-out-of-water outing against Algeria, it seemed certain Dessers would get a start against Tunisia. Instead, Ahmed Musa was selected upfront as a lone centre-forward, and despite being predictably ineffectual, he remained on the pitch for 70 minutes. It was a snub that seemed almost pointed, and it was in that wise that the wonderfully slippery Ejuke took it. Upon coming on, he proceeded to play like he simply did not care, going on a series of dribbles and ducking in and out of cul-de-sacs, the equivalent of Nero fiddling while Rome burnt or, more appropriately, Jay-Jay Okocha japing about at the corner flag at the 1998 World Cup while Denmark cut swathes through Nigeria’s midfield. Why did Kevin Akpoguma and Chidozie Awaziem get spells – out of position – at right-back while Ola Aina cooled his heels on the bench for all 180 minutes over the course of both matches? Why did Zaidu Sanusi emerge for the second half against Tunisia at all, seeing that he had made his point already? Zaidu Sanusi of Nigeria Only upon appearing to tweak his groin after the hour-mark was he replaced by Jamilu Collins; a serious injury at this point would be a huge blow, not only to the player, but to FC Porto, who sold first-choice left-back Alex Telles to Manchester United on transfer deadline day. Rohr’s many idiosyncrasies lent an air of farce to the October international window, and have almost completely wiped out the optimism that had previously haloed the national team. He will rightly point to these as friendlies: unimportant in the wider scheme, and therefore only useful for experimentation. He would be right, except for the fact that, by his aversion to risk, he managed to defeat the latter purpose, while also giving the lie to the former. It was a window for trying new things and recapturing the imagination ahead of November’s double-header against Sierra Leone. While nothing less than six points over those two matches was going to do, by failing to freshen the pot, there is now added pressure on those outcomes, and none of the excitement that new discovery can bring to mitigate it. Written by Solace Chukwu @ goal.com 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by mank1234(m): 8:08pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
The above article summarizes what most of us have been saying in this forum. 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 8:10pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
chrisooblog: Alampasu played in Campeonato de Portugal (league), the third tiers of Portuguese league before he played the U23 team.
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by temi1290: 8:14pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
Danielnino00: Aswear una don too sabi this guy way |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by temi1290: 8:19pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
komekn:
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Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by Edopesin: 8:21pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
komekn: Pace alone doesn't cut it, Anybody that saw the Afcon will agree that Awaziem was solid playing as a Right Back and certainly played better than Aina in the tournament. I'm not talking about his club football where he plays more as a CB but his National Team football and as a Right back 1 Like |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by forgiveness: 8:38pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
tbaba1234: Nay, you said he didn't deserve to be called because he was not playing for the main team when he was even always on the bench on match days. |
Re: "The Super Eagles Thread: The Road To AFCON 2023, 2025 And 2026 World Cup by tbaba1234: 8:43pm On Oct 14, 2020 |
forgiveness: He was barely playing games. He was not even on the bench. |
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